The Physics Nerds' Theory Thread

[sabrebattletank]

My blast tank is fueled by the tears of noobs.

Same.

[TheJamsh]

HAH

[CivBase]

I have a question:  Why do shots disappear after a could hundred yards? 

[iron maiden]

I believe it is either due to the bio-metal or other weapons having only a limited range, or it is simply the games programming.

[Nielk1]

Balancing.

And the loss of velocity, fuel, or simply energy or mass.

[mrtwosheds]

Lazyness of the weaponsmiths...There is an xplExpire to define the effect of a shot expiring, it is not used at all in stock weapons, I like to make rockets and stuff that explode anyway. Other cool effects like dud shells dropping to the ground can also be made with simulateBase = "sim_ember" and renderBase = "draw_geom"

[TheJamsh]

damn... thought i had that idea first

[Blunt Force Trauma]

All this discussion about the physics and the 'reality' of the BZ universe made me remember a podcast at Thanksgiving with one of the biggest sci-fi authors of all time; Jerry Pournelle.

If you're familiar with HARD sci-fi genre and the top 10 writers of all time, one of which is certainly Larry Niven, Pournelle is Niven's buddy and co-writing  "science checker".  Of course...now...Pournelle has been a master writer in his own right for the last 20 years.

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